(a) This section applies only to a person who is required to register under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The department by rule shall require a law enforcement agency serving as a person's primary registration authority under Chapter 62 or 65, Code of Criminal Procedure, to:
(1) take one or more specimens from a person described by Subsection (a) for the purpose of creating a DNA record; and
(2) preserve the specimen and maintain a record of the collection of the specimen.
(c) A law enforcement agency taking a specimen under this section may:
(1) send the specimen to the director;
(2) send to the director an analysis of the specimen performed by a laboratory chosen by the agency and approved by the director; or
(3) send to the director a rapid DNA analysis of the specimen if the director has authorized the agency to perform the analysis.
(d) A law enforcement agency is not required to take and a person is not required to provide a specimen under this section if the person is required to and has provided a specimen under this chapter or other law.